pedagogy
Other forms: pedagogies
Pedagogy is another word for education, the profession and science of teaching.
Pedagogy and pedagogue come from the Greek paidos "boy, child" plus agogos "leader." Pedagogy refers to the teaching profession as well as the science of education, for example as a college subject. This might be one reason that the word, pedagogue, is often used for a teacher who is overly interested in rules and details, hence the science of teaching, rather than actually getting through to his or her students.
Definitions of pedagogy
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the profession of a teacher“pedagogy is recognized as an important profession”synonyms: instruction, teachingtypes:catechesisoral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)catechetical instructionteaching religious principles by questions and answerslanguage teachingteaching people to speak and understand a foreign languageteaching readingteaching beginners to readschoolingthe act of teaching at schoolindoctrinationteaching someone to accept doctrines uncriticallylessona unit of instructionhypnopedia, sleep-learningteaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)spoonfeedingteaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thoughtlanguage lessona period of instruction learning a languagephonicsteaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound valueswhole-word methodteaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken wordsbrainwashingforcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefsinculcation, ingraining, instillingteaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetitiondance lessona lesson in dancingmusic lessona lesson in performing musictennis lessona lesson in playing tennisgolf lessona lesson in playing golftalkthe act of giving a talk to an audiencetype of:educationthe profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
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the principles and methods of instructionsynonyms: pedagogics, teaching methodtypes:Socratic method, maieutic methoda method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his studentstype of:methoda way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
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the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skillsynonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, teachingtypes:coeducationthe teaching of different genders in the same institutionscontinuing educationa program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-timeclass, course, course of instruction, course of studyeducation imparted in a series of lessons or meetingselementary educationeducation in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade schoolextension, extension service, university extensionan educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular studentsextracurricular activityeducational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculumhigher educationeducation provided by a college or universitysecondary educationeducation beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory schoolteam teachinga method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of studentswork-study programan educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal studyadult educationa course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal studyart classa class in which you learn to draw or paintchildbirth-preparation classa course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labordramaticsparticipation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activityathleticsparticipation in sports events as an extracurricular activitycorrespondence coursea course offered (by mail) by a correspondence schoolcourse of lecturesa series of lectures dealing with a subjectdirected studya course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subjectextension coursea course offered as part of an extension servicehome studya course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroomindustrial artsa course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schoolspropaedeutic, propaedeuticsa course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)refresher, refresher coursea course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developmentsrequired coursea course that all students are required to takeseminara course offered for a small group of advanced studentsworkshopa brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solvingtype of:activityany specific behavior
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"The Palace Thief" by Ethan Canin
In this story, a classics teacher at an elite prep school must interrogate his own ethics when he suspects that one of his privileged students is cheating.
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